Mail Coaches on the Road

細節

SAMUEL HENRY ALKEN (1810-1894)
Mail Coaches on the Road
oil on millboard
3¾ x 85/8 in. (9.5 x 22 cm.)
a pair (2)

來源

with Nachemsohn, 1944.

出版

J. Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings in the Paul Mellon Collection 1655-1867, 1978, p. 337, no. 370.

拍品專文

Born at Ipswich, Samuel Henry Alken was the elder son of Henry Alken senior, one of a large dynasty of sporting artists. In both these paintings the reins are shown passing through the side terrets. This became general practice in coaching after 1835 and since mail coaching had largely ended by 1846, a date of around 1840 for the pictures has been suggested.